users.list

Argument	Type	Description
`token`Required	token	Authentication token bearing required scopes. Tokens should be passed as an HTTP Authorization header or alternatively, as a POST parameter. Example`xxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx`
`cursor`	string	Paginate through collections of data by setting the `cursor` parameter to a `next_cursor` attribute returned by a previous request's `response_metadata`. Default value fetches the first "page" of the collection. See pagination for more detail. Example`dXNlcjpVMDYxTkZUVDI=`
`include_locale`	boolean	Set this to `true` to receive the locale for users. Defaults to `false` Example`true`
`limit`	number	The maximum number of items to return. Fewer than the requested number of items may be returned, even if the end of the users list hasn't been reached. Providing no `limit` value will result in Slack attempting to deliver you the entire result set. If the collection is too large you may experience `limit_required` or HTTP 500 errors. Default: `0` Example`20`
`team_id`	string	encoded team id to list users in, required if org token is used Example`T1234567890`

Present arguments as parameters in application/x-www-form-urlencoded querystring or POST body. This method does not currently accept application/json.

Example responses

Common successful response

Typical success response

{
    "ok": true,
    "members": [
        {
            "id": "W012A3CDE",
            "team_id": "T012AB3C4",
            "name": "spengler",
            "deleted": false,
            "color": "9f69e7",
            "real_name": "spengler",
            "tz": "America/Los_Angeles",
            "tz_label": "Pacific Daylight Time",
            "tz_offset": -25200,
            "profile": {
                "avatar_hash": "ge3b51ca72de",
                "status_text": "Print is dead",
                "status_emoji": ":books:",
                "real_name": "Egon Spengler",
                "display_name": "spengler",
                "real_name_normalized": "Egon Spengler",
                "display_name_normalized": "spengler",
                "email": "spengler@ghostbusters.example.com",
                "image_24": "https://.../avatar/e3b51ca72dee4ef87916ae2b9240df50.jpg",
                "image_32": "https://.../avatar/e3b51ca72dee4ef87916ae2b9240df50.jpg",
                "image_48": "https://.../avatar/e3b51ca72dee4ef87916ae2b9240df50.jpg",
                "image_72": "https://.../avatar/e3b51ca72dee4ef87916ae2b9240df50.jpg",
                "image_192": "https://.../avatar/e3b51ca72dee4ef87916ae2b9240df50.jpg",
                "image_512": "https://.../avatar/e3b51ca72dee4ef87916ae2b9240df50.jpg",
                "team": "T012AB3C4"
            },
            "is_admin": true,
            "is_owner": false,
            "is_primary_owner": false,
            "is_restricted": false,
            "is_ultra_restricted": false,
            "is_bot": false,
            "updated": 1502138686,
            "is_app_user": false,
            "has_2fa": false
        },
        {
            "id": "W07QCRPA4",
            "team_id": "T0G9PQBBK",
            "name": "glinda",
            "deleted": false,
            "color": "9f69e7",
            "real_name": "Glinda Southgood",
            "tz": "America/Los_Angeles",
            "tz_label": "Pacific Daylight Time",
            "tz_offset": -25200,
            "profile": {
                "avatar_hash": "8fbdd10b41c6",
                "image_24": "https://a.slack-edge.com...png",
                "image_32": "https://a.slack-edge.com...png",
                "image_48": "https://a.slack-edge.com...png",
                "image_72": "https://a.slack-edge.com...png",
                "image_192": "https://a.slack-edge.com...png",
                "image_512": "https://a.slack-edge.com...png",
                "image_1024": "https://a.slack-edge.com...png",
                "image_original": "https://a.slack-edge.com...png",
                "first_name": "Glinda",
                "last_name": "Southgood",
                "title": "Glinda the Good",
                "phone": "",
                "skype": "",
                "real_name": "Glinda Southgood",
                "real_name_normalized": "Glinda Southgood",
                "display_name": "Glinda the Fairly Good",
                "display_name_normalized": "Glinda the Fairly Good",
                "email": "glenda@south.oz.coven"
            },
            "is_admin": true,
            "is_owner": false,
            "is_primary_owner": false,
            "is_restricted": false,
            "is_ultra_restricted": false,
            "is_bot": false,
            "updated": 1480527098,
            "has_2fa": false
        }
    ],
    "cache_ts": 1498777272,
    "response_metadata": {
        "next_cursor": "dXNlcjpVMEc5V0ZYTlo="
    }
}

Common error response

Typical error response

{
    "ok": false,
    "error": "invalid_cursor"
}

This method returns a list of all users in the workspace. This includes deleted/deactivated users.

Returns a list of paginated user objects, in no particular order.

Profile

The profile hash contains as much information as the user has supplied in the default profile fields: first_name, last_name, real_name, email, skype, and the image_* fields. Data that has not been supplied may not be present at all, may be null or may contain an empty string ("").

A user's custom profile fields may be discovered using users.profile.get.

Email addresses

Accessing email addresses
The users:read.email OAuth scope is now required to access the email field in user objects returned by the users.list and users.info web API methods. users:read is no longer a sufficient scope for this data field. Learn more.

Apps created after January 4th, 2017 must request both the users:read and users:read.email OAuth permission scopes when using the OAuth app installation flow to enable access to the email field of user objects returned by this method.

Pagination

This method uses cursor-based pagination to make it easier to incrementally collect information. To begin pagination, specify a limit value under 1000. We recommend no more than 200 results at a time.

Responses will include a top-level response_metadata attribute containing a next_cursor value. By using this value as a cursor parameter in a subsequent request, along with limit, you may navigate through the collection page by virtual page.

See pagination for more information.

Presence

Retrieving a workspace's presence with this method is now deprecated. Use users.getPresence or presence subscriptions instead.

Errors

This table lists the expected errors that this method could return. However, other errors can be returned in the case where the service is down or other unexpected factors affect processing. Callers should always check the value of the ok params in the response.

Error	Description
`invalid_cursor`	Value passed for `cursor` was not valid or is no longer valid.
`limit_required`	For large teams a limit is required.
`missing_argument`	A required argument is missing.
`team_access_not_granted`	The token used is not granted the specific workspace access required to complete this request.
`not_authed`	No authentication token provided.
`invalid_auth`	Some aspect of authentication cannot be validated. Either the provided token is invalid or the request originates from an IP address disallowed from making the request.
`account_inactive`	Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace when using a `bot` token.
`token_revoked`	Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace or the app has been removed when using a `user` token.
`token_expired`	Authentication token has expired
`no_permission`	The workspace token used in this request does not have the permissions necessary to complete the request. Make sure your app is a member of the conversation it's attempting to post a message to.
`org_login_required`	The workspace is undergoing an enterprise migration and will not be available until migration is complete.
`ekm_access_denied`	Administrators have suspended the ability to post a message.
`missing_scope`	The token used is not granted the specific scope permissions required to complete this request.
`not_allowed_token_type`	The token type used in this request is not allowed.
`method_deprecated`	The method has been deprecated.
`deprecated_endpoint`	The endpoint has been deprecated.
`two_factor_setup_required`	Two factor setup is required.
`enterprise_is_restricted`	The method cannot be called from an Enterprise.
`invalid_arguments`	The method was either called with invalid arguments or some detail about the arguments passed are invalid, which is more likely when using complex arguments like blocks or attachments.
`invalid_arg_name`	The method was passed an argument whose name falls outside the bounds of accepted or expected values. This includes very long names and names with non-alphanumeric characters other than `_`. If you get this error, it is typically an indication that you have made a very malformed API call.
`invalid_array_arg`	The method was passed an array as an argument. Please only input valid strings.
`invalid_charset`	The method was called via a `POST` request, but the `charset` specified in the `Content-Type` header was invalid. Valid charset names are: `utf-8` `iso-8859-1`.
`invalid_form_data`	The method was called via a `POST` request with `Content-Type` `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` or `multipart/form-data`, but the form data was either missing or syntactically invalid.
`invalid_post_type`	The method was called via a `POST` request, but the specified `Content-Type` was invalid. Valid types are: `application/json` `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` `multipart/form-data` `text/plain`.
`missing_post_type`	The method was called via a `POST` request and included a data payload, but the request did not include a `Content-Type` header.
`team_added_to_org`	The workspace associated with your request is currently undergoing migration to an Enterprise Organization. Web API and other platform operations will be intermittently unavailable until the transition is complete.
`ratelimited`	The request has been ratelimited. Refer to the `Retry-After` header for when to retry the request.
`accesslimited`	Access to this method is limited on the current network
`request_timeout`	The method was called via a `POST` request, but the `POST` data was either missing or truncated.
`service_unavailable`	The service is temporarily unavailable
`fatal_error`	The server could not complete your operation(s) without encountering a catastrophic error. It's possible some aspect of the operation succeeded before the error was raised.
`internal_error`	The server could not complete your operation(s) without encountering an error, likely due to a transient issue on our end. It's possible some aspect of the operation succeeded before the error was raised.

Warnings

This table lists the expected warnings that this method will return. However, other warnings can be returned in the case where the service is experiencing unexpected trouble.

Warning	Description
`missing_charset`	The method was called via a `POST` request, and recommended practice for the specified `Content-Type` is to include a `charset` parameter. However, no `charset` was present. Specifically, non-form-data content types (e.g. `text/plain`) are the ones for which `charset` is recommended.
`superfluous_charset`	The method was called via a `POST` request, and the specified `Content-Type` is not defined to understand the `charset` parameter. However, `charset` was in fact present. Specifically, form-data content types (e.g. `multipart/form-data`) are the ones for which `charset` is superfluous.

API response

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Calling users.list

Java

JavaScript

Python

Java

import com.slack.api.Slack;
import com.slack.api.methods.SlackApiException;
import com.slack.api.model.User;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;

public class UsersList {

    // You probably want to use a database to store any user information ;)
    static final ConcurrentMap<String, User> usersStore = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();

    /**
     * Fetch users using the users.list method
     */
    static void fetchUsers() {
        // you can get this instance via ctx.client() in a Bolt app
        var client = Slack.getInstance().methods();
        var logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("my-awesome-slack-app");
        try {
            // Call the users.list method using the built-in WebClient
            var result = client.usersList(r -> r
                // The token you used to initialize your app
                .token(System.getenv("SLACK_BOT_TOKEN"))
            );
            saveUsers(result.getMembers());
        } catch (IOException | SlackApiException e) {
            logger.error("error: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Put users into an object
     */
    static void saveUsers(List<User> users) {
        for (User user : users) {
            // Store the entire user object (you may not need all of the info)
            usersStore.put(user.getId(), user);
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        fetchUsers();
    }

}

JavaScript

Code to initialize Bolt app
// Require the Node Slack SDK package (github.com/slackapi/node-slack-sdk)
const { WebClient, LogLevel } = require("@slack/web-api");

// WebClient insantiates a client that can call API methods
// When using Bolt, you can use either `app.client` or the `client` passed to listeners.
const client = new WebClient("xoxb-your-token", {
  // LogLevel can be imported and used to make debugging simpler
  logLevel: LogLevel.DEBUG
});
// You probably want to use a database to store any user information ;)
let usersStore = {};

try {
  // Call the users.list method using the WebClient
  const result = await client.users.list();

  saveUsers(result.members);
}
catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

// Put users into the JavaScript object
function saveUsers(usersArray) {
  let userId = '';
  usersArray.forEach(function(user){
    // Key user info on their unique user ID
    userId = user["id"];
    
    // Store the entire user object (you may not need all of the info)
    usersStore[userId] = user;
  });
}

Python

Code to initialize Bolt app
import logging
import os
# Import WebClient from Python SDK (github.com/slackapi/python-slack-sdk)
from slack_sdk import WebClient
from slack_sdk.errors import SlackApiError

# WebClient insantiates a client that can call API methods
# When using Bolt, you can use either `app.client` or the `client` passed to listeners.
client = WebClient(token=os.environ.get("SLACK_BOT_TOKEN"))
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# You probably want to use a database to store any user information ;)
users_store = {}

try:
    # Call the users.list method using the WebClient
    # users.list requires the users:read scope
    result = client.users_list()
    save_users(result["members"])

except SlackApiError as e:
    logger.error("Error creating conversation: {}".format(e))


# Put users into the dict
def save_users(users_array):
    for user in users_array:
        # Key user info on their unique user ID
        user_id = user["id"]
        # Store the entire user object (you may not need all of the info)
        users_store[user_id] = user

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